Gallery of 1960s Pelican paperback covers

Things magazine has a nice gallery of 1960s Pelican paperback covers. The art is superb, and the books themselves sound interesting. I would like to own all of them!

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Jacob Bronowski! The Ascent of Man. It’s truly a shame that he died at a rather young age (66).

Oh and lovely cover!
GregS

Little known fact: author Peter Laurie happens to have the same last name as actor Hugh Laurie.
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  Only in written form. In spoken form he has the same first and last name as Peter Lorre.
noah django

I got excited for a second when I saw the author credit on the drug book
Thad

Pelican books were just wonderful.

Golden age of publishing. Standing in front of a display of Pelican books was more exiting than the internet!
3lbFlax

Yeah, I have a good many of these. It starts with a couple of casual purchases, 20p here, 25p there. Then you notice the spines look good together on the shelf. And then you’re lost.